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We support two types of Arctic Palm playlists. We can either accept delivery of playlists via FTP or via API (HD/IP Output). We prefer the API version because it is less server intensive.
Arctic Palm (FTP)
Setup Arctic Palm to send song playlists to SoCast via FTP by following these steps:
- Submit a request to your SoCast Representative to create a new FTP account to upload song play lists
- Setup Arctic Palm to upload song playlists into the FTP account provided by SoCast
- Log into http://admin.socastsrm.com
- Go to Settings > Player Settings > On Air Playlist (http://admin.socastsrm.com/player/onAirPlaylistSync)
- For the "Playlist Source" drop down, select "Arctic Palm FTP"
- For "Song Playlist XML URL", provide the URL to the song playlist file on the FTP (e.g. http://ftp.socastsrm.com/[ACCOUNT-NAME]/[CALL-LETTERS].XML)
- Click Save
Arctic Palm (HD/IP Output)
Setup Arctic Palm to send song playlists directly to SoCast by following these steps:
- Go to Settings > Player Settings > On Air Playlist (http://admin.socastsrm.com/player/onAirPlaylistSync)
- For the "Playlist Source" drop down, select "Arctic Palm (HD/IP Output)"
- Copy and paste the UserName and Password provided on that page
- Open "notepad.exe" on the computer running "CSRDS.exe" and create a file called "SOCAST.TXT" in your CenterStage folder (e.g. C:\CENTERSTAGE\SOCAST.TXT)
- Copy and paste the following into SOCAST.TXT: URL=https://api.socastsrm.com/v1/onAir/sync?accountID=***USER***&publicKey=***PASS***×tamp=***TSTAMP***&artist=***ARTIST***&title=***TITLE***&category=***TYPE***&duration=***LEN***&cutid=***CART***
- Open "CSRDS.exe" and go to Tools then Properties
- Go to the "HD/IP Output" tab
- For UserName, use <stationID>
- For Password, use <publicKey>
- For Output Format, use "Use Template"
- For Merge Template, use C:\CENTERSTAGE\SOCAST.TXT
- Click "Save" and close
Nielsen BDS
- Log into http://admin.socastsrm.com
- Go to Settings > Player Settings > On Air Playlist (http://admin.socastsrm.com/player/onAirPlaylistSync)
- For the "Playlist Source" drop down, select "Nielsen BDS"
- For "Nielsen BDS Credentials", provide the Nielsen BDS station ID, username, and password separated by colons, e.g. 1234:myusername:mypassword
- If you cannot find these credentials, please contact your Nielsen BDS customer service representative
- Click Save
Securenet Systems
- Log into http://admin.socastsrm.com
- Go to Settings > Player Settings > On Air Playlist (http://admin.socastsrm.com/player/onAirPlaylistSync)
- For the "Playlist Source" drop down, select "Securenet Systems"
- For "Song Playlist XML URL", provide the URL to the song playlist XML URL (e.g. https://streamdb7web.securenetsystems.net/player_status_update/ABCD_history.xml)
- If you cannot find this URL, please contact your Securenet Systems customer service representative
- Click Save
Stream On (for streaming)
- Ask Stream On for the URLs to the station's JSON playlist
- Log into http://admin.socastsrm.com
- Go to the Streaming Player settings for an account within the company
- For the "Playlist Source" drop down, select "Stream On"
- For "Song Playlist JSON URL", provide the URL to the song playlist JSON from StreamOn (Example: http://[CALL-LETTERS].streamon.fm/metadata/recentevents/[CALL-LETTERS]-64k.json)
- Click Save
TRE
- Log into http://admin.socastsrm.com
- Go to Settings > Player Settings > On Air Playlist (http://admin.socastsrm.com/player/onAirPlaylistSync)
- For the "Playlist Source" drop down, select "TRE"
- Write down the "Station ID" and the "Public Key"
- Go to the TRE Configuration Manager and find "SoCast" under "Licensed Features". If it's not available, contact your TRE customer service representative.
- Click the "Enable" check box.
- For the "Station ID", type in the Station ID you wrote down in step #4
- For the "Public Key", type in the Public Key you wrote down in step #4
- Save the configuration
Triton
- Log into http://admin.socastsrm.com
- Go to Settings > Player Settings > On Air Playlist (http://admin.socastsrm.com/player/onAirPlaylistSync)
- For the "Playlist Source" drop down, select "Triton"
- For "Mount Name", provide the mount name (e.g. station call letters) as entered in Triton
- If you cannot find these credentials, please contact your Triton customer service representative
- Click Save